Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6467374 | Continuously variable mechanical transmission A continuously variable mechanical transmission comprised of two wheels, either friction or toothed, of which one or both are in the shape of hemispheres. A hemisphere wheel is mounted through a bearing on a fork with two pivots attached to the inner race... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467375 | Flexible meshing type gear device having deflection meshing involute tooth profile A flexible meshing type gear device has a rigid internal gear, a flexible external gear disposed inside the internal gear and a wave generator for flexing the external gear into an elliptical shape. One circle of curvature at the point of contact of the i... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467376 | Hammer A hammer includes a composite material handle having a connecting portion formed on one end of the composite material handle. A head is encircled in the connecting portion of the handle and has a flat working face formed on one end. An annular groove is d... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467377 | Pneumatic stripping machine A pneumatic stripping machine for facilitating the removal of roofing shingles and flooring from a sub-straight. The pneumatic stripping machine includes a handle with an air inlet port adapted for coupling to a compressed air source, a shaft coupled to t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467378 | Single-directional ratchet wrench structure with a mating block that may be retained in position by a snap ring A single-directional ratchet wrench structure includes a mating block which has an end portion opposite to the ratchet wheel and formed with an insertion groove, so that the C-shaped snap ring may be rested on the insertion groove of the mating block, suc... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467379 | Self-adjusting socket An adjustable socket for engaging various sized fastener projections such as hexagonal nuts, includes a socket body with a cavity having a spring-biased plate pushing nested and concentrically positioned sliding sleeves toward the socket opening and their... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467380 | Self-adjusting pliers The self-adjusting pliers have a male handle (6) and a female handle (11) with toothed jaws (10), (13), capable of sliding by means of a slip-joint or crimping pawl (14) that crimps them and slides in a window (8) with teeth (9), which is attached to one ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467381 | Adjustable tool holder apparatus A tool holder apparatus mountable on a machine spindle which apparatus is adjustable and provides a solid stable support for the tool holder to eliminate any gap or spacing between the end of a machine spindle and the support collar of the tool holder.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467382 | Extractor for extracting cut partially cut parts from a sheet of material An extraction apparatus for extracting or separating cut or partially cut pieces or parts from a cut sheet at an extraction station comprises: a sheet gripping and moving device for gripping and moving a cut or partially cut sheet through an extraction st... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467383 | Machine for punching panels The invention relates to a punch machine for punching a panel in which the position of each hole to be made is identified by a mark. The machine comprises a structure for receiving said panel, said structure presenting X and Y directions; means for holdin... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467384 | Method and apparatus for cutting a printing blanket A blanket cutter (10) used in conjunction with an offset printing press, for example. Blanket cutter (10) can include an elongated rail (12) mountable proximate to a blanket cylinder (11). Slidably supported by rail (12) is a cutter assembly (20) includin... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467385 | Panel trimming system One side of an access panel is trimmed while an opposite side of the panel is secured in an opening between skin sheets on the underside of an aircraft wing. The trimming apparatus includes a frame secured to one of the skin sheets with a rail extending a... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467386 | Multiple continuous platform cutting apparatus Apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of one or more slabs of material (180) includes two compression rollers (146, 146a), two moving p... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467387 | Apparatus and method for propelling a data sensing apparatus into a subsurface formation An apparatus and method are provided for deploying a data sensing apparatus into a subsurface geologic formation for intermittent or continuously gathering data from the subsurface formation and transmitting the data to a remote data receiver. In a prefer... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467388 | Method for engaging at least one aerial target by means of a firing group, firing group of at least two firing units, and utilization of the firing group A method for engaging one or several aerial targets by means of a firing group (10) of autonomous, but cooperating, firing units (12, 112), wherein each firing group has a fire control unit (14, 114) and at least one weapon (16, 116). Several firing units... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467389 | Artillery-shell rammer An artillery-shell rammer with a carriage provided with a shell accommodation trough. The trough is aligned with the weapon's chamber behind the barrel and has a shell positioner at the rear. The carriage travels back and forth on a rail along a track par... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467390 | Brake force booster with a panic braking function The present invention relates to a brake force booster with a panic braking function for automotive vehicles. The present invention includes that the first sealing seat arranged movably in relation to the control housing wherein the sealing seat is fixed ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467391 | Hydraulic device with anti-stiction features In hydraulically actuated fuel injectors that utilize lubricating oil as the actuation fluid, various components within the injector body must move relatively short distances at high rates of speed in a wetted oil environment. When the oil is at a relativ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467392 | Steering damper for a hydraulic power-assisted steering system The invention concerns a hydraulic power-assisted steering system for motor vehicles, with a valve and two hydraulic lines leading from the valve to cylinders of a servo drive mechanism and with at least one steering damper, the steering damper having a b... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467393 | Zeroing device for a hydrostatic piston/cylinder unit A zeroing mechanism for a hydrostatic piston/cylinder unit (1), has an actuating piston (2) that can be moved from a zero position N into at least one deflected position A and can be returned to its zero position N by a zeroing force, the zeroing force be... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467394 | Oilless high pressure pump An oilless high pressure pump suitable for use in devices such as pressure washers and the like is described. The pump includes an eccentric assembly suitable for converting rotary motion of a rotating shaft to rectilinear motion. One or more straps coupl... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467395 | Piston pump with floating seal A pump includes a piston rod and precision bearings that eliminate radial movement of the piston rod while permitting reciprocal axial translation. A piston extends axially from the piston rod, and is received in a cylinder in a pump head. A static seal a... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467396 | Light box piston The invention aims at reducing the weight of a box piston having a running surface, the width in the pressure side is different from the width of the running surface on the counterpressure side. To this end, the piston has at least one bent channel that i... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467397 | Constructed piston or piston consisting of components that are welded or soldered together A constructed piston 1 is comprised of an upper part 2 produced from forged steel, and a bottom part 3, said parts being joined with the expansion screws 4. The bottom part 3 consists of a forged part 6 produced from steel, with the bosses 7 and an approx... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467398 | Method and apparatus for making bowl-shaped snack food products A method and apparatus for making bowl-shaped snack food products, e.g. tortilla chips. The method features placing chip preforms in open bowl-shaped cavities and partially frying the chip preforms by filling them with hot oil from above. Additionally, th... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467399 | Meat and poultry roaster A meat and poultry roaster which is characterized by a one-piece drip pan or bowl and marinade container, wherein the marinade container extends upwardly from the center of the drip pan for supporting the meat or poultry in an upright position in an oven ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467400 | Digitally controlled clamshell press There is provided a manually actuated press comprising a housing having a lower platen attached thereto. The lower platen defines a generally planar top surface. Moreover, at least one upper platen is in mechanical communication with the housing and defin... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467401 | Tostada forming and cooking Cooking and simultaneously forming a tostada or taco product in a cooking oil bath by inserting a pliable tortilla between adjacent molds when opened in a clamshell action, then closing the molds and conveying them through an oil bath and then opening the... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467402 | Fossil fuel-fired boilerless steamer A fossil fuel-fired apparatus for steaming food having at least one housing wall forming a housing, a steam chamber disposed within the housing and forming an annular space between the steam chamber and the housing wall, and at least one fossil fuel burne... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467403 | Stuffing-dosing machine for pasty food products The invention relates to a stuffing-dosing machine which comprises a container (1) which receives the food material and which is subjected to a vacuum (V), means for removing and impulsing the food material towards compaction-stuffing cavities, two altern... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467404 | Hot stamp machine for custom imprinting plastic identifier tags The invention is of an improved hot stamp machine for custom imprinting plastic tag blanks with selectable indicia. The machine, because of its mechanical configuration, facilitates stamping operations which are virtually devoid of any risk of injury to t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467405 | Method for engraving printing blocks In a method for engraving printing forms for rotogravure on a printing cylinder in an electronic engraving machine with an engraving element charged by an engraving control signal that engraves a sequence of cups arranged in an engraving raster into the p... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467406 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine includes a base member having rigidity and rotated around a central axis line of its own, and an ink-permeable member having one end portion and the other end portion with respect to a rotational direction of the base member. Th... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467407 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine includes a squeegee roller in a printing drum having a peripheral wall having an ink-nonpermeable nonperforated portion around an ink-permeable perforated portion to have a stencil sheet and a printing the print sheet therearoun... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467408 | Rotary press with a five-cylinder printing unit A rotary printing unit consists of a pair of modules, each of which has two pairs of cooperating formed and transfer cylinders and a counter-pressure cylinder. A multi-variable cylinder arrangement is utilized. The counter-pressure cylinder in each of the... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467409 | Bridge mandrel for flexographic printing systems A bridge mandrel construction is provided which is simple to manufacture, light weight, and easy to mount and dismount from underlying printing cylinders in flexographic and gravure printing systems. The bridge mandrel includes a generally hollow, cylindr... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467410 | Method and apparatus for using a vacuum to reduce cockle in printers In a printer, liquid ink is applied to a print medium as the medium is passed through the printer. A low pressure zone is generated along one surface of the print medium to hold a portion of the print medium substantially flat for a period of time during ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467411 | Printing plate mounting apparatus having guide member for bending plate towards cylinder A printing plate mounting apparatus (10) mounts a printing plate (70) to a plate cylinder (61). The plate cylinder (61) has a plate head clamping mechanism (62) having upper and lower jaws (62a, 62b) to position and secure a plate head of a flexible print... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467412 | Printing press A printing press comprises a pair of left- and right-frames, a safety cover movably supported between a closing position for closing at least one part of a space formed between the frames and a releasing position for releasing the space and a printing pla... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467413 | Method for marking a gambling chip by pad printing Method for pad-printing a substantially cylindrical chip having opposing faces and a side, the method comprising forming a first decoration, including a section for at least a portion of the side of the chip, radially deforming the section to form a secon... | 10/22/2002 |
